Christianity spread across the Roman Empire through persecution, cultural adaptation, and the transformation of pagan beliefs ...

When the emperor Hadrian visited the province of Britannia in A.D. 122, he was in full command of the entire Roman Empire, which stretched some 2,500 miles east from northern Great Britain to ...

What if climate change and pandemics were the real causes of the decline of the Roman Empire? Scientists from a range of disciplines are accumulating clues to show that three successive waves of ...

CHAPLIN — The “Roman” empire in Chaplin is coming to an end. Chaplin First Selectman Juan Roman III has announced that he is not seeking re-election to the town’s top seat this fall. Roman, 64, was ...

This edition of History In A Nutshell travels back to antiquity; to some of the earliest days of Western Civilization: Ancient Rome! This expose briefly covers the rise and fall of Rome, including: ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

“Catholicism outlived the Roman Empire. We’ll outlive the American Empire too.” So a Jesuit priest once told me at a pub in New York during my time as an O’Hare fellow at America. Those words have ...